Halep, who is seeking her 23rd WTA title, has won a tournament in Romania twice before — in Bucharest on clay in 2014 and ‘16. Kontaveit has won three tournaments this season, and four overall.

Romania's Simona Halep throws her racket into the tribune after announcing her retirement from professional tennis following a defeat at the Transylvania Open women's tennis tournament, Tuesday ...

Halep, a 33-year-old Romanian who initially received a four-year ban for doping, said there had been severe differences in how their cases were treated by tennis authorities.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep returned to professional tennis after getting her doping suspension reduced on appeal, playing her first match in about 1-½ years on Tuesday — a 1-6, 6 ...

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday after sports' highest court accepted she was not entirely at fault for her positive doping test ...

Halep returned to professional tennis after successfully reducing a doping suspension on appeal, playing her first match in about 1 1/2 years Tuesday, March 19 — a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 loss to Paula ...

Simona Halep, of Romania, returns a shot to Daria Snigur, of Ukraine, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Aug. 29, 2022, in New York. Photo by Seth Wenig / THE ASSOCIATED ...

She played unbelievable tennis so I’m happy I could be stronger in the end.” She next faces China’s Zheng Qinwen, who advanced with a battling 7-6 (1) 7-6 (8) win over unseeded Ana Konjuh.

Simona Halep is allowed to resume her tennis career whenever she wants, now that a four-year doping suspension was reduced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to nine months ...

Halep won 6-1, 6-4 against Anastasia Potapova despite losing her serve three times and next plays Veronika Kudermetova in the second round after the Russian beat 18-year-old qualifier Oksana ...